GEDDES STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC511462 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-427
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £427

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£427
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£-427
Debtors£2.2k
Net assets£-427

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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  3. 2023-06-20
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  4. 2022-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-24
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-28
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    accounts · AAMD
  8. 2019-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-19
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  11. 2017-07-18
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  12. 2017-07-18
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  13. 2017-06-02
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  14. 2016-09-19
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  15. 2016-08-12
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  16. 2015-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As GEDDES STORAGE LIMITED
  17. 2015-07-23
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    GEDDES, Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-07-23
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    GEDDES, James Stuart appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-23
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    GEDDES, Mary Murray appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GEDDES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Kitchens By J. S. Geddes Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kitchens By J. S. Geddes Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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GEDDES STORAGE LIMITED
This company · SC511462

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kitchens By J. S. Geddes Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Stuart Geddesceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Mary Geddesceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-07-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

10-12 West Netherton Street
Kilmarnock
KA1 4BU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GEDDES, Mary→
secretary · appointed 2015-07-23
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Active
GEDDES, James Stuart→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-07-23
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Active
GEDDES, Mary Murray→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-07-23
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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
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accounts · AA
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2019-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23